Scuba suit hanger

ABSTRACT

A hanger unit for the storage of rubber scuba suits by suspension so as to accelerate rapid drying of the suit by maintenance of adequate air circulation inside of the suit jacket and pants. The use of this hanger avoids the danger of cracking or creasing of the rubber material in storage. The hanger unit is designed with wide blades so as to increase the radius of curvature of the contact area between hanger blades and suit. A cross-bar fixed to the hanger blades suspends two bell-shaped members. Each of the ankle sections of the pants of the suit may be fastened about one of the bell-shaped members so as to suspend the pants in upside-down fashion. The bell-shaped members may be of hollow or solid configuration, and are slightly tapered to achieve a tight fit with the ankle sections of the scuba pants. The cross-bar fixed to the hanger may be fitted with notches or loops to separate the two bell-shaped members which support the pants.

Schamber SCUBA SUIT HANGER James N. Schamber, Clearwater, Fla.

[73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization,

Inc., New York, NY.

[22] Filed: Feb. 1, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 328,703

[75] Inventor:

[52] US Cl. 223/88, 223/95 [51] Int. Cl. A47j 51/08 [58] Field of Search 223/85, 95, 86, 91, 88

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 351,102 10/1886 Flieger 223/95 1,012,518 12/1911 Cain 223/88 1,172,999 2/1916 Kappes 223/95 X 3,117,705 1/1964 Fischer 223/95 3,241,732 3/1966 Ce Combi 223/86 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 195,913 4/1923 Great Britain 223/88 June 11, 1974 Primary Examiner-George H. Krizmanich Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Howard l. Podell [5 7] ABSTRACT A hanger unit for the storage of rubber scuba suits by suspension so as to accelerate rapid drying of the suit by maintenance of adequate air circulation inside of the suit jacket and pants. The use of this hanger avoids the danger of cracking or creasing of the rubber material in storage.

The hanger unit is designed with wide blades so as to increase the radius of curvature of the contact area between hanger blades and suit. A cross-bar fixed to the hanger blades suspends two bell-shaped members. Each of the ankle sections of the pants of the suit may be fastened about one of the bell-shaped members so as to suspend the pants in upside-down fashion. The bell-shaped members may be of hollow or solid configuration, and are slightly tapered to achieve a tight fit with the ankle sections of the scuba pants. The cross-bar fixed to the hanger may be fitted with notches or loops to separate the two bell-shaped members which support the pants.

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FIG-4 SCUBA SUIT HANGER SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a means of suspending a rubber scuba suit for storage purposes and particularly to a hanger upon which such a scuba suit may be hung.

An advantage of this invention is that the danger of cracks and creases in the rubber scuba suit during storage is eliminated. A further advantage of the invention is that the suspended scuba suit is provided with adequate ventilation to promote prompt drying of a wet scuba suit.

The invention consists of a wide blade hanger attached to a conventional hook. A cross-bar, fixed between the hanger blades, suspends two bell-shaped members which fasten inside of the ankle sections of the scuba pants, so as to suspend the pants in upsidedown fashion. The bell-shaped members are tapered and preferably of hollow construction. The cross-bar may be formed with two notches or loops to fix the hooks which support the two pants legs, so as to keep the two hooks from sliding towards each other.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The objects and features of the invention may be understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, taken together with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a complete scuba suit suspended on the hanger;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a pair of scuba pants suspended from the hanger;

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of an angle section of a scuba pants leg fastened about a bell-shaped member;

FIG. 4 is a cross-section in elevation of a bell-shaped member; and

FIG. 5 is a cross-section view of a hanger blade taken from line 5-5 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 6 is an elevation view of an alternate form of the hanger.

Turning now descriptively to the drawing, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIG. 1 illustrates the hanger 10 of this invention suspending the jacket 22 and the pants 21 of a scuba suit. Hanger 10 is equipped with a conventional hook 12 for mounting on a fastener or a closet pole.

As shown in FIG. 2, the pants 21 are suspended in inverted fashion from the ankle portion 23 of each pants leg, said ankle portion being fastened about tapered bell-shaped member 17 which is suspended by hook 18 from the cross-bar 16 of the hanger 10.

As shown in FIG. 3-4, the ankle portion 23 of each pants leg of the suit is fastened about the bell-shaped member 17. The zipper 24 of the ankle leg, when closed, maintains a tight engagement between the zipper pants leg and the bell-shaped member 17. Vents 19 are provided in the cap 25 of the hollow bell-shaped member to provide ventilation to the inside of the scuba suit pants leg. The bell-shaped member is tapered so as to increase in circumference in the direction away from the cap of the member.

As shown in FIG. 5, the blade section 11 of the hanger is formed with an oversized curved upper surface 27 so as to distribute the stress on the portion of the scuba jacket 22 which is in contact with the blade 11 of the hanger 10.

As shown in FIG. 6, a hanger 30 may be fabricated with two loops 38 in the cross-bar 36, with each loop 38 serving to retain one hook 18 of a bell-shaped member 17 which suspends a leg 23 of the scuba pants 21. The loops 38 are separated by a center to center distance, l, which is preferably 8 inches.

Notches may be employed alternately to the loops 38 in the cross-bar to retain the hooks 18 from sliding towards each other.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the invention described herein, it is indicated that all matter contained herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A hanger unit for the suspension and storage of a rubber scuba suit, said unit providing the maintenance of adequate ventilation to a suit suspended from the unit, comprising a wide hanger blade upon which the scuba suit jacket may be mounted, together with a cross-bar joining the interior portion of each end of the hanger blade, with two bell-shaped members suspended from the cross-bar to which the ankle sections of the pants of a scuba suit may be fastened so as to suspend the pants in an upside-down fashion, when the hanger unit is suspended from a hook attached to the middle section of the hanger blade, in which each said bell-shaped member is of a tapered shape such that the external diameter of a transverse circumferential circle on the periphery of the said bell-shaped member increases as the center of said circle is located further away from an end of said bell-shaped member, said end formed as a cap which is joined by a hook-shaped fastener to the hanger cross-bar, said bell-shaped member being of hollow construction, with the cap of said bellshaped member vented by perforations so as to provide ventilation to the inside of the pants of a scuba suit where the pants leg of the scuba suit is fastened about the bell-shaped member, with the cross-bar of the hanger blade fitted with two loops separated from each other so as to enable hanging of a hook-shaped fastener, attached to a bellshaped member, in each loop, said loops preventing the two hung bell-shaped members from sliding transversely on said cross-bar. 

1. A hanger unit for the suspension and storage of a rubber scuba suit, said unit providing the maintenance of adequate ventilation to a suit suspended from the unit, comprising a wide hanger blade upon which the scuba suit jacket may be mounted, together with a cross-bar joining the interior portion of each end of the hanger blade, with two bell-shaped members suspended from the cross-bar to which the ankle sections of the pants of a scuba suit may be fastened so as to suspend the pants in an upside-down fashion, when the hanger unit is suspended from a hook attached to the middle section of the hanger blade, in which each said bell-shaped member is of a tapered shape such that the external diameter of a transverse circumferential circle on the periphery of the said bell-shaped member increases as the center of said circle is located further away from an end of said bellshaped member, said end formed as a cap which is joined by a hook-shaped fastener to the hanger cross-bar, said bell-shaped member being of hollow construction, with the cap of said bellshaped member vented by perforations so as to provide ventilation to the inside of the pants of a scuba suit where the pants leg of the scuba suit is fastened about the bell-shaped member, with the cross-bar of the hanger blade fitted with two loops separated from each other so as to enable hanging of a hook-shaped fastener, attached to a bell-shaped member, in each loop, said loops preventing the two hung bell-shaped members from sliding transversely on said cross-bar. 